Ayushi Jain’s debut Unofficially Yours is the story of a young girl and her college senior falling in love with each other and facing difficulties to reach the destination of their relationship. The story is narrated by Rajveer (RV) who happens to be Arohi’s love interest and the main character of the story.
The story begins with the farewell party and emotional moments of a gang of nine college students, collectively self-named Gyaanis’. Seven of them are placed in the same multinational companies in the Indian tech city of Pune and shift together. The novel proceeds with the gang having fun together, exploring the city and ‘birdwatching’.
Fast forward one year, Gyaani member Priya’s younger sister moves to Pune for joining office and that’s when one sided love for her begins in RV’s heart. The childlike-delicate Arohi becomes a precious member of the group which strongly believes in ‘No couples in the group’ policy. Even though she shifts pretty far from the other group member’s place, she manages to stay with them at the weekends.
That will seriously give you some friendship goals!
RV and Arohi become good friends, given the lover boy’s constant efforts. She tells him about her failing relationship and their frequent meetings turn friendship into love. The rest can be followed in the novel itself!
There are a few spelling and grammatical errors in the book. A few lines have been reprinted and words misspelled as well. The editing part was a little weak in this area. Also, the character description is slightly weak, and that’s the reason the other characters like Tiddi, Nik, Aditi, etc. do not appear clear as they should. A few sentences appear to be incomplete (maybe on purpose). Some incidents could have been cut short and some descriptive.
At places, it is tough to judge the main characters as well. Apart from being a ‘manly guy for his girl’, nothing much can be dug out of RV’s character. Arohi described as super talented and extraordinary by the narrator appears to be childish and gullible at places. The characters could have had a little more depth, thus making them more connecting with the reader.
The Farewell dialogues are touching at some points. They will for sure remind you of your college friends. Also, the living arrangements and weekend plan described in the story are pretty connecting too. The description of the tourist places around Pune city is so good, you will make your next vacation plans of the city for sure!
A slight suspense in the novel is carried in a quite appreciable manner. It is tough to narrate a story from a boy’s side being a female writer. The author has done an appreciable job, covering up plenty of life events in chronological order and keeping them as simple as possible to keep the reader connected. The story is pious and entwining, away from all the gibberish descriptive lustful ‘bestseller novels’ of these days.
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